Should You Use Popular Colors When You Paint Your Home

Should you use popular colors when you paint your home? The answer to that is it depends on your reasons for painting.

Painting your home is a great way to make it look new, fresh and up to date. With an almost endless palette to choose from, paint can be a great way to set the mood and tone of your home. From cool and calming to modern and fresh, color, or lack of it, showcases your style.

Bright popular colors can make rooms look fun. Light colors make small rooms look bigger. Dark popular colors can give a great backdrop for incredible art or furniture pieces. The choices are endless.

Painting isn’t, however, something you want to do often. So giving thought to something as simple as how long you are going to be living in the space is important. Why? Well, if you are selling soon, choose a neutral color. Selling a home that has rooms with bright or dark colors can mean it’s difficult to sell. Buyers see rooms that will need to be painted right away, work they may not want to do. Neutral colors also make it easier for prospective buyers to picture their furniture in the space. So choose a neutral color which can still be taste specific, and then accessorize with colorful furniture, pillows or wall art to add pops of color and your style footprint.

Another consideration is if you own or rent. In that case, a call to the landlord about color is probably required. In that case, it wouldn’t be surprising to find that the landlord will want a more neutral palette as well. It makes it easier for them to rent after your move.

Painting your home is an easy way to update it. Just choose wisely when choosing your popular colors.